I'm a big fan of plain old Greed. - intrepidGreed is for pussies. Phyrexian Reclamation + Street Wraith -- twice the cost, four times the manliness. - Filth

Member of Project Every-DeckCurrent EDH DecksMayael the Anima // Garza Sol, Plague Queen // Scion of the Ur-Dragon // Kresh the Bloodbraided // Rikku of Two Reflections // Kaalia of the Vast // Rafiq of the Many // Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Weirdly, i prefer that dino as part of the 99, where I can "fetch" it or just drop it off a good draw early, seems a little vanilla as the Commander, thought it has a "Tasigur" feel to it with the cost reduction.

I want that dino. In the decks I build, he's easier to cast for 2 than you might think.

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The cards didn't just warp the way the games were played, they warped how I was conceiving and perceiving the format. That's the sign of a problem.

Carthain wrote:

The idea that you should be able to build your deck however you want and still be competitive is false, and a bad idea to have. Taken to the extreme, that's like making a deck with no removal in it, and then complaining that you can't win because stuff your opponents play gets in your way.

I'm trying to rationalise my dislike for this card over and above it simply hosing one of my decks and I think saying it hoses a complete card type is enough of a reason.Luckily, outside of against PW heavy decks, it's just incidental hosing, but I can't say I'm a fan of the smorgasboard of bonuses in addition to hosing a particular card type.

A Howling Mine (usually {2}), an anthem (usually {1CC}), a cost reduction (usually a specific card type at {1C] or {3}) and hosing a card type seems like a LOT mashed together for just 6 generic mana.

I would have loved to have seen a flavourful "PW can't activate loyalty abilities and become non-PW creatures with p/t = current loyalty".

DeathtouchB, Reveal Tetzimoc, Death Primordial from your hand: Put a "Prey" counter on target creature. Only activate this ability during your turn.When Tetzimoc, Death Primordial enters the battlefield, destroy all creatures with a "Prey" counter on them.

The Immortal SunLegendary Artifact

Players can't activate Loyalty abilities of Planeswalkers.At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card.Spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.Creatures you control get +1/+1.

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I'm a big fan of plain old Greed. - intrepidGreed is for pussies. Phyrexian Reclamation + Street Wraith -- twice the cost, four times the manliness. - Filth

Member of Project Every-DeckCurrent EDH DecksMayael the Anima // Garza Sol, Plague Queen // Scion of the Ur-Dragon // Kresh the Bloodbraided // Rikku of Two Reflections // Kaalia of the Vast // Rafiq of the Many // Rakdos, Lord of Riots

I'm a big fan of plain old Greed. - intrepidGreed is for pussies. Phyrexian Reclamation + Street Wraith -- twice the cost, four times the manliness. - Filth

Member of Project Every-DeckCurrent EDH DecksMayael the Anima // Garza Sol, Plague Queen // Scion of the Ur-Dragon // Kresh the Bloodbraided // Rikku of Two Reflections // Kaalia of the Vast // Rafiq of the Many // Rakdos, Lord of Riots

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oops, forgot about the other Rivals thread. Now there's Rival Rivals of Ixalan threads.

This thread to-the-death (or until a Mod merges threads...)

zimagic wrote:

scatteredsun wrote:

I'm trying to rationalise my dislike for this card over and above it simply hosing one of my decks and I think saying it hoses a complete card type is enough of a reason.Luckily, outside of against PW heavy decks, it's just incidental hosing, but I can't say I'm a fan of the smorgasboard of bonuses in addition to hosing a particular card type.

I'm trying to understand how much I disagree with this assessment. I love this card.

I've long wanted a single Howling mine and Medallion effect (kind of the artifact equiv. of Rites of Flourishing). I'm not a Planeswalker fan (not that I dislike them, I just think they are very over-used - at least on MTGO). I think I would like this more if the loyalty-hosing effect was moderated a bit (so it wasn't such a big target), but mostly I think its a great new addition.